#0988

Slither Wing

Paradox Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Slither Wing

Slither Wing (shiny)

Height: 3.2 m
Weight: 92.0 kg

Training & breeding details

GenderGenderless

Catch rate30(8.8%)Tricky

Base friendship0None

Hatch time50 cycles · ~13,005 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP285

This Pokémon somewhat resembles an ancient form of Volcarona that was introduced in a dubious magazine.

In Pokémon GO · 3628 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Base stats

HP

85

Attack

135

Defense

79

Sp. Atk

85

Sp. Def

105

Speed

81

Total

570

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Bug½×

Dark½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Assault Vest

OU

Moves

Item

Assault Vest

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

TeraSteelFire

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Defensive

OU

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots

NatureImpish+Def/−SpA

TeraSteelDragon

EV spread

HP252

Atk28

Def▲220

Spe8

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Slither Wing can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Close CombatSTAB

First ImpressionSTAB

Moves

Find a move17 of 17

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Bug Bite If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry.	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
1	Ember Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Special	40	100	25
1	Gust Inflicts regular damage and can hit Pokémon in the air.	Flying	Special	40	100	35
7	Poison Powder Poisons the target.	Poison	Status	—	75	35
7	Stun Spore Paralyzes the target.	Grass	Status	—	75	30
14	Flame Charge Inflicts regular damage. Raises the user’s Speed by one stage.	Fire	Physical	50	100	20
21	Stomp Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Normal	Physical	65	100	20
28	Low Sweep Lowers the target’s Speed by one stage.	Fighting	Physical	65	100	20
35	Morning Sun Heals the user by half its max HP. Affected by weather.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
42	Lunge Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage after inflicting damage.	Bug	Physical	80	100	15
49	Superpower Lowers the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage after inflicting damage.	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
56	Bulk Up Raises the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage.	Fighting	Status	—	—	20
63	Dual Wingbeat Hits twice in one turn.	Flying	Physical	40	90	10
70	First Impression Can only be used as the first move after the user enters battle.	Bug	Physical	90	100	10
77	Whirlwind Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
84	Leech Life Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
91	Thrash Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user.	Normal	Physical	120	100	10

Sprites & renders

8 sprites & renders for Slither Wing.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

scarlet violet

More Bug-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Bug-type Pokémon

Community notes

No reader notes on Slither Wing yet.

Cite this page

“Slither Wing”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/slither-wing.

Species data from PokéAPI.